If you want to run this pulpy shooter on minimum settings, you need a ray-tracing-capable graphics card at the very minimum. This is the second game using id Tech 7 to do so in the last two months ...

DOOM: The Dark Ages is on track to become one the best-looking games of 2025 thanks to DLSS 4 and Path Tracing. It's also using RT to enhance gameplay.

While working on our review of Doom: The Dark Ages last week, I was unable to test the game on the Steam Deck due to a bug that prevented it from launching on SteamOS.

Doom: The Dark Ages delivers the same kind of enemy hordes that the 2D-sprite based originals had - but augmented with remarkable physics, dismemberment and animation. | Image credit: Digital Foundry ...

DOOM: The Dark Ages' requirement for ray tracing is a step forward for game design that I love, and I hope more titles follow id Software's example.

TL;DR: NVIDIA will release the Path Tracing Patch for DOOM: The Dark Ages on June 18, enhancing in-game lighting with advanced ray-traced effects. This upgrade offers more vibrant visuals and ...

Khan explained that making DOOM: The Dark Ages with ray-tracing requirements wasn’t just a technique to make the game look “really great”, but to overall make “a better game”.

Outside of the VRAM requirements, Doom: The Dark Ages also requires a GPU with ray tracing hardware. The game will support path tracing, as well as DLSS 4, according to Nvidia’s Jacob Freeman.

Whatever settings you're hoping to enable in this game, you'll need a decent size SSD. The Doom The Dark Ages download size is 100GB, with id recommending a 512GB drive and that an SSD is required.